It's almost that time. The sky itself has deciphered in Fortnite: Battle Royale, and Epic fortnite materials is teasing a stunning map overhaul that looks like it is going to incorporate elements of Japanese, Viking and American Western civilization.

The programmer was working hard to make the beginning of year 5 as cataclysmic as possible, starting with a rocket launch a little while ago and continuing through a series of rifts which were both eating portions of the map and spitting out mysterious objects.

There's an ARG that's involved llamas scattered around the world along with a giant Durr Burger head plopped in the center of the California Desert. It all comes to a head with the start of Season 5, but you may be wondering when, exactly, that is. Here is what time Season 5 will start in Fortnite: Battle Royale.

That is when new updates occur, and that is when Season 4 will end: on Thursday, July 12, at 4:00 a.m. Eastern. Season 5 likely will not start at the specific instant, however. This is a large update, and will likely need some downtime to execute. So Season 5 will begin whenever downtime ends, which is usually approximately 1-2 hours after it starts. So we can anticipate Season 5 to start between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 12.

When that occurs, expect a few things to go down. The most obvious would be those map adjustments: we do not know exactly what's going to occur, but now we've got a fairly good idea. Expect something to happen involving the giant rift in the sky, though that will probably be in the form of an opening cinematic.